A Book in Review – The Book of the Dead

Book Count: 19

The Book of the Dead By: Preston and Child
Fiction: mystery, adventure, fantasy 452 pages 2006

First, after reading the whole book at the end there is a section on the authors’ books and what order to read them in. It is only there that it points out that this book is the third in a trilogy and one should at least read the book before in order to understand this book. I didn’t have a problem during reading it having not read the book before, as like many books it was clear that these characters appeared in other books and had back stories that one would have read about in earlier books, but didn’t need to in order to understand the current story. That being said the book also has about a dozen major characters and already knowing them would make it a bit easier to read.
The stories themselves were quite interesting and centered around a family where one brother was an evil genius and the other was a F.B.I. agent. The main story is also about an ancient Egyptian tomb display in a museum, which is cursed. And includes strange otherworldly happenings and murder.